The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-11-24
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE.
Etems OfEnterest Gathered from
Our Exchanges and other
Sources.

Mr. l. A. Nickles has bought the
Washington House at Jonesboro for
$4,000.
Robbers at Chattanooga took a safe
a mile from town to steal its con-
tents,
Greeneville expects to build twice
as many buildings in 1888 as it has
this year.
The Morristown Democrat will be
enlarged to a seven column paper
next week.
'Tis said that Don NJ. Dickinson, OF
Detroit, has accepted the Postmaster
Generalship.
Athens is booming again, or rather,
her old boom is materializing and the
daily Atheman has been revived.
Mr. w. s. Moore, of Washington
College, and Miss Ida Bayless, of Tel
ford, were married last Wednesday.
Mr., A. A. Hobson has curiosity in
the shape of a specimen OF flexible
sandstone. 1t bends like reed.-Re-
porter.
Rev. A McHan, former editor of the
Visitor, is now editor of the Baptist
Reflector, at Chattanooga. He sue
ceeds Rev. ]. NJ. Robertson, D. D.
Mr. H. Slater, of Leeds, England,
representing a syndicate Of capitalists,
speaks favorablv of Bristol, and talks
OF erecting a large woolen factory
Reporter.
Four OF the five prisoners who re.
Gently escaped from the Jail at Norris
town, have been recaptured. Nathan
Williams, who effected the delivery, is
still at large
Foraker's vote in Hamilton County,
1886, was 34O50. Hoadly's was a.
696 This year Foraker received IN
Hamilton county 30,046--a loss of
more than 1000.
The L. 7. Va & Ga. r. r. Co, has
rented the room in the rear of the
Washington House office. foran indei-
finite period, and has fitted it up as a
telegraph office.-Herald & Tribune.
F. w. Carnahan, of Knoxville, has
been appointed Superintendent of the
T, & 0. R R, and will make his head.
quarters in Rogersville, where he will
move his family and locate.-Rogers-
viHe Review.
The Editor and "typo" OF this Office
claim to be "some pumpkin" as they
have been eating pumpkin.jelly,
pumpkin-butter, pumpkin-custards
and pumpkin-pie for the past two
weeks,-Erwin Unakan.
IT'S rumored at Chattanooga that
E. T., Va. & GA. will build the Mid.
land road. Two miles OF Midland
track west of Jackson have been laid
and sufficient iron is at Jackson for 90
miles of track.
A change of schedule is contempIat.
ed by the E. T. V. & G. r. r. in
trains No. 8 and 4 and will probably
take place next Sunday. After the
change those trains will stop al
Jonesboro.
Beaufort, son Of w. G. Mathes, had
an arm accidently broken on Wednes
day of last week. This is the second
time he has had his arm broken, but
we are glad to state he is getting along
very well.-Herald g. Tribune.
LOOKOUT! LOOKOUT Everybody
lookout for the notorious Hugh Nc
Lane, the bank robber, burglar, pick
pocket, and horse thief--is supposed
to be right in this count.y--a small
dark Completed man, between 80 ant
35 years old.-MoSsy Creek Visitor.
Mr. John NJ. Crowell has a contrac
: with Mr. Joseph r. Anderson to max,
: large amount of brick, likely to b,
used in building $4,000 or $S0,OO
) hotel on corner OF Main and 4th street
next spring Mr. Anderson has no
fully decided to build the hotel, bu
we Judge he is not buying brick fo
eculation.--Reporter.
We have heard it rumored that tn
authorities of the 8 C's road contem
plate making proposition the peo
pie of Unicoi in regard to that roa'
coming to Erwin. We feel assure,
that the people OF this County kno,
the importance of having a railroad
and will use every effort in their pow
er to secure this one, Let us combIn
oul efforts, and put our shoulder +
the wheel and push the railroad t
S Erwin at once-Eucin Unakan.
4 The first issue of the Broadare, i
Blakely, contained an Advertisement
"a Boy Wanted at this Office" Th
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